Andrew Fitzpatrick vows to play on after lucky escape

Fitzpatrick’s travails in the Far East contrast sharply with life on richer toursMatthew Lewis

The scenes from Tokyo yesterday were of a majestic venue and Heather Watson, the British No 2, giving Maria Sharapova, the world No 2, a run for her money before the Russian won.

A couple of thousand miles south in Binh Duong, Vietnam, in a $10,000 ATP Futures event things were a lot more disturbing. Andrew Fitzpatrick, the British No 12 and No 456 in the world was experiencing one of the most traumatic weeks of his life. Not only had Fitzpatrick been robbed a couple of days ago of the £1,000 he had saved for three months for a five-tournament expedition to some of the least enticing places in the world but after his doubles match on Monday, he said that he was the…

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